Two arrested after Co Monaghan crash in which best friends were killed

Two men have been arrested after a crash in Co Monaghan in which two teenage best friends were killed as they were on their way to a debs ball. Kiea McCann, 17, and Dlava Mohamed, 16, died when the car they were travelling in left the road and crashed into a tree just outside Clones on July 31. Hundreds attended the funerals of the students, who had been close friends since Dlava’s family arrived in Clones as part of a resettlement programme for Syrians.

In a statement on Friday, gardai said two men had been arrested over the crash in Legnakeely. The two men, in their 60s and 40s, were arrested on Friday and are being held in a Co Monaghan Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. Gardai said investigations are continuing.

There has been a renewed focus by the Irish Government on road deaths this year since the Co Monaghan crash, and another fatal accident in Clonmel, Co Tipperary, in which four young people, including a brother and sister were killed.